1. Student Peer Moderated Reflection for Changing
Student Service-learner Constituencies
Dr. Ola Ahlqvist*, Claire Sweigart*, Vicki Pitstick**
*Office of Service-Learning
**Second-Year Transformational Experience Program (STEP)
Ola

2. Session Objectives
Participants will gain an understanding of the Second-Year Transformational Experience Program and how it operates in relation to service-learning.
Participants will experience activities that are a part of a 3-part reflection series workshop designed at Ohio State.
Participants will gain an understanding of the facilitator training and evaluation process that is part of the reflection series workshop design.
Ola

3. Overview of STEP
Weekly interaction with faculty outside of the classroom
Engagement with co-curricular programs across campus
Completion of financial literacy online module & in-person coaching session with trained peer facilitator
Exploration of six categories of transformational experiences including study abroad, internships, community service, undergraduate research, leadership, and creative and artistic endeavors
Creation of written proposal for how they will utilize up to $2000 in STEP fellowship to support their experience
Vicki

4. STEP Signature Project in Community Service/Service Learning
A service project that addresses an identified need within a community
An academic component that will allow you to complete a reflection process. This can take place in one of the following ways:
Participating in the STEP Reflection Series; three 90-minute workshops that will help you explore and reflect on your STEP experience..
Taking a service-learning class that is explicitly related to the social issue or community that your experience will involve.
An independent study on a topic related to your STEP proposal as facilitated by a faculty member
A plan to evaluate and share the results of your STEP project
Claire

5. Reflection Series Content
Detailed curriculum is available upon request.
Vicki – discuss development of series by highlighting parts of handout, and then all 3 of us can have participants experience a taste of a few activities.
Few examples from Forced Choice Service Activity
Capacities and Deficiencies Sheet
Words to Live By

6. Training of Reflection
Series Facilitators
STEP Ambassadors
Experiential Training
Giving Scenarios
Question & Answers
Vicki – training process
Claire – scheduling of series

7. Series Evaluation Participant Evaluations Facilitator Evaluations
Changes being
made and why
Claire and Ola

8. Participant responses
Workshop #2
Workshop #3
Sensory Table Reflection
Assets & Deficiencies/ Community Asset Mapping
Continuing with Service at Home, Away, or Abroad
Personal Reflection
Sentence Stems
Personal Reflection
The instructions for this activity were easy to understand.
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
I enjoyed this activity.
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
This activity made me think about something that I had not considered before.
Ola
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
I learned something new about myself or my community during this activity.
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree

9. Comments or Questions?

10. Thank you for your attendance!
Dr. Ola Ahlqvist –
Claire Sweigart –
Vicki Pitstick -